Micro Forest

While waiting for guests to arrive on Christmas Day, The Fuzz decided to have a stroll in the woods.

It was a nice day with beautiful weather.

Among the other woodsy wonders, he discovered this Micro Tree.

And not only 1 Micro Tree, but

A whole Micro Forest.

A forest within a forest.

Looks like this may be some kind of a fractal thing.

Merry Christmas

Winter Garden Greens

It's wintertime here in the Northern Hemisphere.  And that means not a lot of gardening for The Fuzz and His Sweetie.

But here is what is going on over at the Old Place.

In the foreground are a few leaks.

And then toward the back some turnips and mustard.

The turnips haven't done very well this year.

But the mustard is great.

The Fuzz's Sweetie likes turnips fine,

but is not overly fond of the mustard.

But that means

all the more for him!

So while over there the other night,

he put a bit of fat meat in the pot,

and cooked him up a nice little mess.

It was delicious.

A Street to Nowhere

The Fuzz and His Sweetie were off to another Big City.

It's getting hard to just stay out here in the woods these days.  With Holidays, and Family spread out, there's always something going on-

someplace else.

This Big City was the seat of one of the great Tobacco Empires.

Of course Tobacco ain't what it used to be.

So the city has had to diversify, and has done well, The Fuzz supposes.

But Our Fuzz does find himself drawn to the relics of the past,

some of the things left behind as progress...

progresses.

Like this street to nowhere.

How often do you find Cobblestones any more?

There was a time when even a street could be a work of art.

Oops...

It looks like this could give away the latest

Mystery Pix!

2nd December Mystery Pix

 Might as well give it another go!

1st December Mystery Pix

Here's an easy one.

Not Quite Blind

Some readers may remember how The Fuzz or His Sweetie will spend a night over at the Old Place from time to time to keep their sanity.  Well, this was The Fuzz's turn.

With the colder weather he had decided to not ride over on his bike.  The arrangement was for His Sweetie to drop him off, and then in the morning pick him up.  Then, they would go for a fine breakfast at a local cafe.

Since it was a sunny day, Our Fuzz was wearing his cool shades on the way over.

His Sweetie was on a tight schedule, so they hurriedly unloaded some firewood from the car trunk, and she headed out.  It was only then that The Unfortunate Fuzz realized he was still wearing his shades.

This was fine in the bright sunlight, but sucked in the dim light inside.  The Old Place always has been a bit dark on the inside.

When he was unable to flag her down, The Fuzz tried his cell phone.  But the thing wouldn't work.

After a bit of frustration, he took out the card, cleaned it and then reinserted it.  Now at last the thing worked.

He had hoped to catch His Sweetie while she was still in town and she could drop off his real glasses, which were still in the car.

But alas, it was not to be.

So Our Fuzz resigned himself to an evening without glasses.

This may not seem like much to those blessed with the proverbial 20/20, but for The Fuzz, it was a significant thing.

The first thing, was of course a fire in the heater.

No Problem.

It's not like he is plumb blind or anything.

With a good fire going it was time for some dinner.

The Fuzz went for some spaghetti.

Here's a look at how wood heat can double as a cookstove.

The dinner was good, and he was also able to find his mouth without his spectacles.

The Fuzz did make it through the night okay.

After all, he can see his dreams well enough without their assistance.

Rocks

Another project that's been in the works here in the woods, is a Water Garden- or something like that.

So far it hasn't gotten too far.

But sometimes these things take time.

The concept involves a small pool and a way to recirculate the water.

It should be pretty nice when finished.

Rocks were needed for this project, but rocks are one thing we don't have here in the woods.

So The Fuzz and His Sweetie decided to have some brought in.

The driveway in was a bit small for this big truck.

But they have ways to handle these things.

So off the truck...

And down into the yard!

Now it's up to The Fuzz to move them the rest of the way.